I used to believe that, because my mum told me that the world was eternal (as in circle, didn't understand that though), that the world really was eternal and that i could never visit every country in the world. So when I asked my mum if I could visit every country in the world, I was very surprised when she said yes!
A childhood belief about places

others believed things like this
- I used to belive, that USSR is the best country in the World...:(— Iryna
- I used to believe that every country in the world had the same time. Guess I didn't consider time zones eh?— what are time zones again
- I thought the world was black and white because of all the smoke from the bombs in Second World War.— Bjoern
- Until a few years ago, I believed this was a "doggy dog" world, rather than a "dog-eat-dog" world.— jemima
- I used to believe that we lived inside of the world. I asked my Dad who lived on the outside of the world. — Pauline
- I used to think that the phrase "It's a dog eat dog world'' was its a dogey dog world.— Gabral